Killoran demonstrates that an understanding of the particular types of literary allusion to be found in Edith Wharton's novels produces fresh readings of her work and her life. Edith Wharton was... This description may be from another edition of this product.
In this masterful work of literary criticism, Killoran deftly opens new doors to Wharton studies. Eschewing faddish critical schools, Killoran reads between the lines to paint an original, psychologically complex work that takes us well beyond R.W.B. Lewis and Cynthia Griffin Wolfe and leads us to conclude that Wharton, rather than just a novelist of manners or a disciple of Henry James, stands apart from her peers and heralds a new, post-Freudian American literature.
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